Microsoft Slashes Price of SQL Server Developer Edition

Microsoft has released the new low-cost version of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition, slashing the price from $499 to $49. Designed for developers, SQL Server Developer Edition has all the functionality of SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition but is license-restricted from use in a live server environment and runs on client OSs such as Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional Edition. For more information about the new pricing and SQL Server Developer Edition in general, see

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/development.asp .